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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Spencer Victor Yorke de Horsey|nick=Spencer V. Y. de Horsey|appt=24 July, 1895<ref>de Horsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 446.</ref>|end=24 August, 1895<ref>de Horsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 446.</ref>|note=for tactical exercise}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Spencer Victor Yorke de Horsey|nick=Spencer V. Y. de Horsey|appt=24 July, 1895<ref>de Horsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 446.</ref>|end=24 August, 1895<ref>de Horsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 446.</ref>|note=for tactical exercise}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Horatio Shirley|nick=Arthur H. Shirley|appt=6 February, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 217}}|note=in lieu of a {{LieutRN}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Horatio Shirley|nick=Arthur H. Shirley|appt=6 February, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 217}}|note=in lieu of a {{LieutRN}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=2 December, 1897<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 3 December, 1897.  Issue '''35377''', col D, p. 5.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=2 December, 1897<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 3 December, 1897.  Issue '''35377''', col D, p. 5.</ref><ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>|end=9 January, 1899<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=George Vincent Wallace Carey|nick=George V. W. Carey|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 July, 1901.  Issue '''36504''', col B, p. 8.</ref>|note=for Manœuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=George Vincent Wallace Carey|nick=George V. W. Carey|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 July, 1901.  Issue '''36504''', col B, p. 8.</ref>|note=for Manœuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Arthur Douglas Barrow|nick=Arthur D. Barrow|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 July, 1903.  Issue '''37134''', col D, p. 8.</ref>|note=for Manœuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Arthur Douglas Barrow|nick=Arthur D. Barrow|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 July, 1903.  Issue '''37134''', col D, p. 8.</ref>|note=for Manœuvres}}

Revision as of 16:05, 10 April 2015

H.M.S. Decoy (1894)
Builder: Thornycroft[1]
Ordered: 1892[2]
Laid down: Jul, 1892[3]
Launched: 2 Feb, 1894[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1895[5]
Collision: 1904[6]

H.M.S. Decoy was one of forty-two destroyers of the "A" class — a "26 knotter".

She was lost before the war.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  7. de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 446.
  8. de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 446.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 217.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 3 December, 1897. Issue 35377, col D, p. 5.
  11. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  12. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  13. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1901. Issue 36504, col B, p. 8.
  14. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 300.
  16. Paton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/60. f. 68.

Bibliography


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